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Grow the child to grow the game – Kate Tempesta

Onto the second interview in the junior series. This time focusing on the very youngest golfers! Engaging 3-8 year olds through age-appropriate coaching My guest – Kate Tempesta (@PLAYgolfNYC, Kate Tempesta’s Urban Golf Academy). Kate is one of the few golf coaches that focus on the youngest golfers, working mainly with 3-8 year olds. It is not […]

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Going from 4 to 80 kids in 18 months – Phil Akers

Phil is a Senior PGA Coach and the Director of Junior Golf at the Belfry, a well-known Ryder Cup golf resort, and home to the PGA of GB&I and the PGAs of Europe.

Phil created and developed FUEL Golf (Future Elite Golf) junior programme at Oulton Hall Golf Academy – growing the programme to over 150 juniors.

In 2016, Phil joined The Belfry with a task to develop and grow their junior offering. In 18 months he went from 4 juniors in the academy to over 80 attending sessions every week.

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Instinctive, task-led learning of golf with Kendal McWade

So excited to be sharing this episode of the podcast! My guest is Kendal McWade. He’s the founder of Instinctive Golf Coaching, coaching all levels of golfers, from complete beginners to Ryder Cup stars. He’s widely known to be an expert in task-led coaching. I’ve had a chance to take part in one of his […]

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Making a difference to people’s lives through golf with Richard Shaw

This conversation goes deep. I have the pleasure of presenting you my chat with Richard Shaw, founder of Community Golf. Richard grows golf for a living. Quite literally – Community Golf’s mission statement is “Making a difference to people’s lives”, and they happen to use golf to fulfill that goal. They bring golf into the community by organising […]

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Accelerating skill acquisition of beginner golfers with Adam Young

Today I’m joined by Adam Young, a world-class coach and a best-selling author of The Practice Manual (which is by far the best golf instruction / practice book I’ve read). I had the pleasure of working with Adam for a few months and he’s had a massive impact on me as a coach. I’m very excited […]

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Participation coaching vs performance coaching with Greg Brodie

My guest for the third episode of the podcast is Greg Brodie (@gregbrodiepga). Greg has a really impressive CV and similarly to Stéphane Bachoz (previous guest) he is a full-stack coach – coaching everyone from complete beginners up to tour professionals. Greg has some unique views on golf and the differences between participation and performance coaching, […]

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Unique beginner golf methods with Stéphane Bachoz

Here it is! Second episode of the podcast. Today’s guest – Stéphane Bachoz, co-founder of FlowMotion Golf, coach of every golfer, from complete beginners to European Tour players (Philip Golding among others), dedicated to growing the game of golf through various projects (Triangulaid, Golf Educatif). A “master” beginner coach, as he achieves outstanding results with […]

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Appropriate junior and beginner golf experiences with Neil Plimmer

I’ve been thinking of ways that I can take this project forwards and wanted to call a few of my mentors and friends to ask for advice. Then I realised – if I’m going to call them anyway, why not record the conversations and publish them as a podcast? So, here it is. Participation Coaching […]